Horse Racing News
Posted 8/8/12 10:30 PM by Brisnet.com
Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman's Executiveprivilege was sent off the 2-5 favorite in Wednesday's Grade 3, $150,000 Sorrento Stakes at Del Mar and easily lived up to her backers' expectations.
Posted 8/5/12 3:36 PM by Jack Shinar
Surging Poseidon's Warrior produced a 36-1 upset in the $400,000 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap when heavy favorite Shackleford failed to handle a muddy track at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 5.
Posted 8/4/12 8:02 PM by Jack Shinar
Favored Include Me Out, benefiting from a rail-skimming ride under Joe Talamo, was all out to deny Star Billing in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes by a neck Aug. 4 at Del Mar for her second grade I win of the season.
Posted 8/4/12 4:25 PM by Associated Press
When Linda Toscano got involved in harness racing, she never dreamed she would get a chance to make history.
Posted 8/4/12 4:11 PM by Claire Novak
Jockey Corey Nakatani and Macho Macho let Louisiana Derby winner Hero of Order do the dirty work wearing out and 3-5 favorite Hansen in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby.
Posted 8/4/12 4:05 PM by Brisnet.com
Janis R. Whitham's homebred Fort Larned joined the upper echelon of the nation's handicap division by scoring his first Grade 1 coup in Saturday's $750,000 Whitney.
Emma's Encore was sent off at 5-1 in Saturday's Grade 1, $300,000 Prioress Stakes at Saratoga despite handing 4-5 favorite Agave Kiss her first career loss when taking the Grade 3 Victory Ride Stakes on July 7 at Belmont Park.
Eric Fein's C C's Pal took full advantage of sizzling early fractions in Friday's Grade 2, $200,000 Honorable Miss Handicap at Saratoga, coming with a furious late run down the middle of the track to post a neck victory over fellow rallier Island Bound.
Posted 8/3/12 3:17 PM by Jack Shinar
Fresh off a comeback victory in the A Gleam Handicap (gr. II), dual grade I winner Switch wheels right back for trainer John Sadler while returning to two turns in the $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes.
Posted 8/1/12 2:08 PM by Claire Novak
Ron the Greek has risen through the handicap ranks from a horse that didn't win a graded stakes race last year to a multiple Grade 1 winner in 2012.